%-FOR
CHILDREN TO BE
BACK
IN
%-SCHOOL
OR
IN
SCHOOL?
%->>
I
THINK IT
IS
OF
UTMOST%-IMPORTANT FOR
.
%-WE'RE
HAVING
GROWING
DATA
THAT
%-DEPRESSION
RATES
ARE
SKY-HIGH.
%-IT'S
NOT
THE
SAME
VIRTUAL
NO
%-MATTER HOW GREAT
OF A
FAMILY
OR%-HOW
MANY
RESOURCES.
%-IT'S
NOT
THE
SAME
.
%-SUICIDE RATES
IN OUR
COUNTRY IN
%-TEENS
ARE
SKYROCKETING.
%-WE TRY TO
GET
THEM
BACK
IN
%-BEFORE OTHER
THINGS
ARE
%-LIBERALIZED.
%-WE
NEED
TO
PRIORITIZE CHILDREN
%-AND THEIR
ABILITY
TO
MAINTAIN A%-GOOD EDUCATION
AND
SOCIAL
%-STRUCTURE.%->>
WITH
ALL
THE
MITIGATION
AND
%-MANDATES AROUND
THEM, IS IT
%-POSSIBLE THAT CHILDREN ARE
%-ACTUALLY SAFER
IN A
SCHOOL
%-SETTING THAN NOT
BEING
IN
SCHOOL
%-SCHOOL?%->>
I'VE
POSTULATED THIS.
%-IF
YOU
CAN
ACCOUNT
FOR
%-SOMEBODY'S
WHEREABOUTS FOR
36
TO
%-40
HOURS A WEEK
AND
THEY'RE
%-MASKED, HAND
WASHED,
FED,
WITH
%-RESPONSIBLE
ADULTS, THAT IS
%-SUPERIOR TO
SITTING
AT
HOME
WITH
%-LARGER
AND
LARGER
SOCIAL
GROUPS
%-AS
PARENTS HAVE TO
GO
TO
WORK,
%-SO
THEY
BRING
THEIR
CHILDREN
%-PLACES.
%-KIDS ARE
PLAYING
WITH
LARGER
%-GROUPS
PERHAPS THAN THEY WOULD
%-AT SCHOOL.
%-I THINK
KIDS
ARE
SAFER
IN
SCHOOL
%-THAN OUT.
%->>
DR. AMY
FALK, THANK YOU
VERY
%-MUCH AND THANK YOU
FOR
YOUR
%-WORK.%->> THANK
YOU SO
MUCH.%->>
THE CITY OF MADISON SWORE
IN%-A
NEW
CHIEF
OF
POLICE
MONDAY.
%-SHON BARNES
TAKES
THE
HELM
AFTER
%-MIKE
KOVAL
ANNOUNCED
MISS
%-IMMEDIATE
DEPARTURES MORE
THAN A
%-YEAR AGO.
%-THE NEW
CHIEF
IS
ENERGIZED
ABOUT
%-THE POSITION AND
TAKES
OVER
%-DURING
HISTORICALLY
CHALLENGING%-TIMES.%->>
YOU
THINK
ABOUT
2020.
%-WE'RE STILL IN
THE
MIDDLE
OF A
%-GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
%-WE
STILL
HAVE
AMERICAN
CITIZENS%-AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND
%-VISITORS WHO ARE
IN
OUR
COUNTRY
%-DYING
EVERY
DAY
FROM
THIS
VIRUS
%-THAT
WE'RE
TRYING TO
GET A
%-HANDLE
OF.
%-OFFICERS STILL HAVE TO
GO
OUT
%-AND KEEP
OUR
COMMUNITY
SAFE,
DO
%-COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT
AND
PREVENT%-CRIME IN THE
MIDDLE OF
ALL
THAT.
%-IN
ADDITION,
WE'RE
NOW
SEEING%-POLICE OFFICERS
DO
THINGS
EVERY
%-DAY
ON
SOCIAL
MEDIA
THAT
MAKE
US
%-SCRATCH
OUR
HEADS
OR
THAT
EVEN
%-SHOCK
OUR CONSCIENCE.
%-I THINK
THE
INCIDENT
IN
%-MINNESOTA,
IT
SHOCKED
EVERYONE'S
%-CONSCIENCE.
%-THERE
WERE POLICE
OFFICERS
WHO
%-WERE
JUST
AS
UPSET
ABOUT
THAT
AS
%-COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
%-SO
IT'S AN
UNPRECEDENTED
TIME
IN
%-OUR
COUNTRY.
%-ADDED
TO
THAT,
ALMOST
THIS
%-NATIONAL
SENTIMENT
OF
DIVISION.
%-AND SO
I
THINK
IT'S
TIME
--
I
%-THINK
THE
COUNTRY
IS
READY
TO
%-MOVE FORWARD
WITH
THAT.
%-THIS IS
ONE OF THE
REASONS
WHY
%-I'M
ENERGIZED
ABOUT
THIS
%-POSITION.
%-THE COUNTRY
IS
READY
TO
MOVE
%-FORWARD
TOGETHER
AS A
COUNTRY.
%-I
THINK WE
HAVE
SEEN
THAT
WHEN
%-OUR
DIVISION
ISN'T
HEALTHY,
IT
%-DOESN'T
BENEFIT
ANYONE.
%-AND SO
THE
SAME
THING CAN
BE
%-SAID
ABOUT
EVERY POLICE%-DEPARTMENT AND
EVERY
COMMUNITY%-MEMBER.
%-I THINK
OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS
--
%-YOU
KNOW,
THEY DON'T
WANT
TO
%-PROTEST JUST AS
MUCH
AS
%-OFFICERS, YOU
KNOW,
DON'T
WANT%-TO
HAVE
TO
MANAGE
PROTESTS.
%-THEY DON'T
WANT
TO
PROTEST.%-THEY
WANT
TO LIVE
IN A
COMMUNITY
%-WHERE THEY
DON'T
HAVE
TO.
%-AND
THAT'S
DIFFICULT
CONSIDERING
%-THE
GLOBAL
LANDSCAPE OF
%-POLICING.%->>
MADISON
POLICE
CHIEF
BARNES.
%-THAT IS
OUR
PROGRAM FOR TONIGHT.
%-NEXT
WEEK,
WE
WILL
HAVE
COVERAGE%-OF
THE
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL
IN
THE
%-U.S.
SENATE.
%-I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.
%-HAVE A GOOD
WEEKEND.
%->>
FUNDING
FOR "HERE AND NOW"
IS
%-PROVIDED BY
THE
FOCUS
FUND
FOR
%-JOURNALISM
AND
FRIENDS
OF PBS
%-WISCONSIN.